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Goodwin Sands Gull Stream & North Sand Head GOODWIN SANDS GULL STREAM & NORTH SAND HEAD ASSESSMENT ON THE ANALYSIS OF ROUTINE RESURVEY AREA GS2 FROM THE 2015 SURVEY Assessment GS2/2015 ENGLAND - GOODWIN SANDS GULL STREAM & NORTH SAND HEAD Assessment GS2/2015 An assessment of the 2015 hydrographic survey of the area: to monitor recent seabed movement; to identify any implications for shipping; and to make recommendations for future surveys. The Admiralty Chart extracts, other graphics and tables in this Report are included for illustrative purposes only and are NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION. This material is protected by Crown Copyright. It may be downloaded from the UK Hydrographic Office's (UKHO) web site and printed in full for personal or non-commercial internal business use. Extracts may also be reproduced for personal or non-commercial internal business use on the condition that the UK Hydrographic Office is acknowledged as the publisher and the Crown is acknowledged as the copyright owner. Applications for permission to reproduce the material for any other purpose (including any distribution of the material or extracts to third parties) can be made interactively on the UKHO's web site (www.ukho.gov.uk), by e-mail to [email protected] or in writing to Intellectual Property, UK Hydrographic Office, Admiralty Way, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 2DN. Assessment GS2/2015 CONTENTS 1. Executive Summary 1 2. Introduction 1 3. History 1 4. Description of the Area 2 5. Shipping in the Area 2 6. 2009 Survey Details 2 7. 2015 Survey Details 3 8. Description of Recent Bathymetric Change 3 9. Implications for Shipping 4 10. Recommendations for Future Surveys 4 ANNEXES A. Area Specifications (Including Survey History) 5 B. Shipping Routes 7 C. 2015 Survey Data Overlaid on Chart 1828 Dover to North Foreland with Locations of Cross Section Comparisons (shown at Annex D) 8 D. Cross Section Comparisons 9 E. Colour Banded Depth Plot from the 2009 Survey showing Selected Depths 10 F. Colour Banded Depth Plot from the 2015 Survey showing Selected Depths 11 G. Variability Plot showing Bathymetric Changes between the 2009 and 2015 Surveys and Charted Contours from the 2015 Survey 12 H-1. Composite Diagram of the 5 metre Contour from the 2009 and 2015 Surveys 13 H-2. Composite Diagram of the 10 metre Contour from the 2009 and 2015 Surveys 14 I-1. Proposed Revised Limits GS2 – Gull Stream Focused Area 15 I-2. Proposed Revised Limits GS2 – North Sand Head Focused Area 16 I-3. Proposed Revised Limits GS2 – Full 6-year survey area 17 Assessment GS2/2015 GULL STREAM & NORTH SAND HEAD, 2015 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Area and Recent Changes 1.1. Area GS2 covers the Gull Stream area to the West of Goodwin Sands and the Northern limits around North Sand Head, and is currently surveyed every 6 years, with focused surveys every 3 years under the Civil Hydrography Programme. 1.2. North Sand Head has undergone minor change showing sediment migrating North, with the 10 metre contour moving more than 395 metres and beyond the survey boundary for 2015. 1.3. Gull Stream has had further sediment migrate into the deeper areas from the banks in the East, restricting the width of the passage shown to be regularly used by vessels. Reasons for Continuing to Resurvey the Area 1.4. The continued migration of sediment and resulting shoaling of areas regularly used by vessels requires ongoing monitoring of these locations within the GS2 area to ensure up to date bathymetric information is available. Recommendations 1.5. Following the analysis of the 2015 survey it is recommended to extend the focused survey area of Gull Stream to cover additional area in the centre of the channel and around the West side of Goodwin Knoll to ensure adequate future coverage of these areas that are currently showing a trend of sediment migration. 1.6. It is also advised to extend the Northern part of both the North Sand Head focused and the six year full survey area to better encompass the sediment migration to the North of this area. 1.7. The revised limits of these areas are found at Annex I-a, I-b and I-c. 2. INTRODUCTION 2.1. This Assessment is produced by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). 2.2. Analysis of the Routine Resurvey Areas forms part of the Civil Hydrography Programme and the reports are made available to members of the Committee On Shipping Hydrography (COSH) through the UKHO website, before being presented to the Civil Hydrography Working Group. When approved, the recommendations are incorporated into the Routine Resurvey Programme. The report is governed by a Memorandum of Understanding between the DfT (including the MCA) and the MOD (including the UKHO). 3. HISTORY 3.1. The Goodwin Sands area has been surveyed numerous times since 1979. With the full area last being surveyed in 2009 and a focused survey conducted in 2012. 3.2. Following a full survey analysis in 1997 it was decided to merge areas A, C1 and C2 that covered Gull Stream into one single area called GS2, and to resurvey this area Assessment GS2/2015 Page 1 of 17 every 3 years. Analysis of the 2003 survey determined that is was adequate to extend the full resurvey to 6 year periods, but to include a 3 year focused survey covering the areas subject to the largest seabed changes on the East side of Gull Stream and the area around North Sand Head. 3.3. Area specification and survey history shown at Annex A. 4. DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA 4.1. Goodwin Sands comprises of a complex and dynamic system of banks cut by relatively deep ebb and flood channels. Sandwaves overlie the banks, with notable sandwave fields at the northern ends of them. 4.2. The Gull Stream channel lies to the west of Goodwin Sands, the Western side of the channel is less dynamic with static thinly covered or exposed shoal ledges and ridges with slow migrating and occasionally drying sand banks on the Eastern side. Sandwave areas are seen at both ends of the channel. 4.3. North Sand Head lies to the North of Goodwin Knoll and comprises of a migratory sand bank with adjoining sandwave area that crosses 3km East of the maintained channel leading into Ramsgate Port. 4.4. Area GS2 covers Gull Stream and North Sand Head and encompasses an area of 24.57 SQ KM (7.16 SQ NM), the area limits are shown overlaid on chart BA 1828, Dover to North Foreland (1:37,500) in Annex C. 5. SHIPPING IN THE AREA 5.1 The shoal and changing banks of the Goodwin Sands are generally avoided by shipping. Most pass well to the East but, where draught permits, some choose to use the inshore buoyed route of Gull Stream. 5.2 The cessation of ferry service operations out of Ramsgate Port has meant a decline in passenger vessel activity in and around the GS2 area; however recent developments of offshore windfarms have seen an increase in commercial vessels using Ramsgate Port. There is continued use of the inner passage of Gull Stream by both commercial and pleasure craft when weather and draught permit. 5.3 Sample AIS data for 2015 shows vessels up to a draught of 7.9 metres using Gull Stream. While most vessels keep to the buoyed channel, in the north some leave the channel when not constrained by draught. 5.4 Trinity Bay and The Downs, lying between the Goodwin Sands and Kent coast, just to the south of Gull Stream, provides a waiting area for ferry traffic in the event of the Port of Dover being closed and sheltered anchorage for large draught vessels. 5.5 Overview of general shipping routes in relation to GS2 shown at Annex B. 6. 2009 SURVEY DETAILS 6.1. The four Goodwin Sand areas were surveyed from the 23rd July to the 1st September under HI1294. Weather in the area was generally good throughout the survey period, with sea states ranging from 2 (Smooth) to 3 (Slight). Survey work was undertaken by two vessels, MV Triad and MV Seabeam to obtain full seafloor coverage up to the 2 metre contour. Assessment GS2/2015 Page 2 of 17 6.2. The survey was conducted using Kongsberg Maritime EM3002D Multibeam Echo Sounder (MBES). Positioning was by Applanix POS/MV, combining GPS and inertial Measurement Unit data to produce the navigation solution. 6.3. The survey is referred to the International Terrestrial Reference Frame 2000 (ITRF2000) Datum. Depths were reduced to Chart Datum using GPS heights, with ellipsoidal height to chart datum separation values taken from the UKHO supplied Vertical Offshore Reference Framework (VORF). 6.4. The survey was validated by the UKHO and met IHO S44 (5th Edition) Order 1a standard. 7. 2015 SURVEY DETAILS 7.1. The survey HI1484 covering the area of GS2 – Gull Stream and North Sand Head was conducted between the dates of the 8th August to the 15th August 2015. Sea states ranged from 2 (Smooth) to 3 (Slight), with an increase in adverse weather conditions between the 12th August to the 14th August meant survey operations were temporarily halted. 7.2. Data acquisition was conducted on board MV Morven using a Dual head Kongsberg EM2040C MBES. The primary horizontal reference was provided by A V5 Applanix POS MV system together with GPS data from C&C Technologies C-Nav 3050 system. 7.3. The survey was referred to the International Terrestrial Reference Frame 2005 (ITRF05). Vertical reference positions were obtained using post processed GPS derived heights together with the UKHO Vertical Offshore Reference Frame (VORF) to reduce heights to Chart Datum (CD).
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